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Lawson Products Enables Business Transformation With IBM Rational Portfolio Manager

Category: IT Management

Overview For sustained growth, Lawson Products recognized the need to transform its business. To drive this transformation, the company and its IT team needed to better understand how IT resources were being used and better align business priorities with IT initiatives. The company began a phased implementation of IBM Rational Portfolio Manager to enable time accountability as well as budget and project alignment. For the first time, Lawson Products has a clear understanding of how IT time is allocated among different projects and activities.

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Publisher
IBM
File Format
PDF
Date Published
Oct 20, 2006
Format
Case Studies
Topics
Services, Methodology

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